This invention relates to a mobile measurement system of photoenvironment comprises a measuring equipment 5 to measure photoenvironment and a barrow 4 for moving measurement which the equipment 5 is mounted. The measuring equipment 5 has one or more photosensor 5a–5c and a photodata recording device 7 that records photodata that is detected and output by the photosensors with the position and the direction of the detect of these sensors, the barrow 4 has a measurement position and direction calculating device 7 that calculates the position and the direction of detection of the photosensors 5a14 5c at the measurement in accordance with an information of self-contained navigation from an acceleration sensor 9 and a rotation angle sensor 10 that detects the acceleration and the rotation angle of the barrow respectively, and an information of moving distance from the wheel revolution sensor 8 and transmit the result of the calculation to the photodata recording device 7.
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1. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment, comprising: measuring equipment for measuring the photoenvironment of a measurement object, a barrow for moving measurement on which the measuring equipment is mounted and which is driven by one wheel that contacts a travel surface, the measuring equipment having one or more photosensors and a photodata recording device that records data output from said one or more photosensors by detecting light with a position and a direction of detection of said one or more photosensors, the barrow having a rotation angle sensor which detects the rotation angles of the barrow around the mutually orthogonal three axes, a wheel revolution sensor which detects the revolution of the wheel, and a measurement position and direction calculating device that calculates the position and the direction of detection of said one or more photosensors in accordance with self-contained information of navigation from said rotation angle sensor and information of distance moved from said wheel revolution sensor, and transmits the results of the calculation to said photodata recording device.
2. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment according to claim 1 , wherein, a directional vector of detection of each of said one or more photosensors of the equipment are mutually orthogonal.
3. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment according to claim 1 , wherein, a combination vector of said directional vectors of said one or more photosensors is directed upwards in the specific coordinate system of said barrow.
4. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment according to claim 1 , wherein, the measuring equipment has three photosensors, a directional vector of detection of one of the three photosensors is positioned on a plane that includes an axis of the specific coordinate system of said barrow that extends upwards and another axis of said coordinate system that extends forwards.
5. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment according to claim 1 , wherein, at least one of said photosensors is light quantum sensor.
6. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment according to claim 1 , wherein, the measurement position and direction calculating device comprises: a moving pathway calculation unit which continuously calculates the position of said measuring equipment and calculates a moving pathway of the barrow in accordance with the transition of the position of the measuring equipment, and a moving pathway display unit that indicates the calculated moving pathway on a display.
7. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment according to claim 1 , wherein, the barrow further includes an acceleration sensor which detects the acceleration of the barrow along the mutually orthogonal three axes, and the measurement position and direction calculating device uses information of self-contained navigation from said acceleration sensor to calculate the position and the direction of said one or more photosensors.
8. A measuring method of a photoenvironment with a mobile measurement system, the method comprising: mounting the measuring equipment on a barrow which is driven by one wheel that contacts a travel surface and which has a rotation angle sensor which detects the rotation angles of the barrow around the mutually orthogonal three axes, a wheel revolution sensor which detects the revolution of the wheel, and a measurement position and direction calculating device; detecting light with the measuring equipment, said measuring equipment having one or more photosensors; recording data output from said one or more photosensors; calculating the position and the direction of detection of said one or more photosensors in accordance with self contained information of navigation from said rotation angle sensor and information of distance moved from said wheel revolution sensor; and transmitting the results of the calculation to said photodata recording device.
9. A mobile measurement system of a photoenvironment, comprising: means for measuring light levels; means for maneuvering the light-measuring means in the photoenvironment on a surface which may vary; means for recording the measured light levels; means for determining the three-dimensional position of each location at which light level is measured; means for recording said 3-dimensional position of each light measurement; means for determining the direction of detection of each light measurement; and means for recording said direction of detection of each light measurement.
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December 19, 2006
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